Ben

@hepitude: Welcome aboard matey!  Do your kids have any favorite factions yet?

Edit: I opened just one Revolution pack tonight. Got the rare Bonhomme Richard! Weird though, the other ship is actually two different ships. Deck plate of Hades’ Flame and sides and sails for Executioner….

Mismatched cards are unfortunate, but we have a thread you can post them in for an off chance you’ll eventually find some kind of match.

I wanted to share my enthusiasm and good news with you guys. My big order from Hills Wholesale Gaming arrived today! I’ve yet to open the box, but I got 40 packs of Spanish Main, 36 of Revolution and 36 of Oceans Edge! A significant increase to my very humble collection. I also have 36 packs of Caribbean coming, so well on the way to diverse and i…

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Eating Breakfast beneath a Phallic cloud.

Lol so bizarre!  It was a fun year for Pirates!

Woelf, do you know if there’s a specific reason that crew on scuttled ships are eliminated rather than removed from the game?  I’m not sure if I really grasped that until rereading the rule just now.

@Shamsy: For your towing questions, the answer is YES to all!  If you give the towed ship a repair action, I believe that would immediately break the tow because the towed ship would no longer be derelict, and the Code states “If a ship is considered derelict it can be towed, even if it is still capable of movement.”  Once a mast is up the ship i…[Read more]

As a fun little experiment I made an “example entry” for the challenge to better illustrate the kind of thing I was looking for (though not really that complicated).

Grim Zeus combo
(40) Zeus + Crimson Angel (RotF LE version), Grim the Savage (FN version), Gentleman Jocard, helmsman
(12) Tiger’s Paw + Calypso, Ms. Cheng
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With 2022 upon us the deadline has passed! Thank you to all who submitted fleets! I was a little disappointed to only see 5 entries, especially with the prize up for grabs to incentivize participation.  Alas, no silver will be distributed!

Now it is time to grade the fleets!

@zone: Nice use of DJC Davy Jones who will also likely see some…[Read more]

Question about piece legalities for this challenge: Are the Unreleased pieces meant for SS/RtSS legal for use? I know you listed specific banned pieces, and said that RtSS was allowed, but does that extend to the Unreleased sections?

No, Unreleased is not part of RtSS whether it was meant for the set or not.

In-person game with Ben when he visited.

I’m flattered!  Especially with the epicness of CoEC.  We’ll have to make our next game more memorable.  (hopefully next month if I’m in San Diego at all hehe)

Master Spreadsheet changes: Fixed Phillipe du Brissac’s link (Maurice Aristide instead of Maurcie), changed name of Blackgate (no space). (new .xlsx is linked on the homepage)

@Gigi: Glad to hear you enjoyed the Corsair clone fleet!  Thanks for the kind words about the podcast.  I agree with your thing of the year as well!

Weird, I was looking at an OE Smokepot specialist and it said 2 points. Misprint I guess?

It’s an error addressed on page 2 of The Pirate Code.

Anyone else on the fence still has until the end of the year PST to submit a fleet!  We need more submissions to unlock the booty!

@Xerecs: Nice fleet.  I like the idea of Peter Miles on a switchblade, though I think the Salient has 2 cargo open (CRGO links and oarsman doesn’t take up space).

@zone: Smokepot Specialist is a 3 point crew, which brings the fleet total to 81.  However, you still have until the deadline to make edits so the fleet is legal.

2021 Year in Review posted!  😀